Tartu

Tartu (population 100,000), is Estonia’s second largest city as well as its main university town, a thriving hub of culture and innovaon that draws in visitors from all over the world. Tartu is located 185 km south of Tallinn, and considered the capital of Southern Estonia. Tartu is the Estonia´s main centre of knowledge and study with the naon´s top university, as well as a number of other instutes, research centres, biotechnology industries and several so@ware companies located there.

Being home to globally-connected instuons such as Tartu University and the Estonian University of Life Sciences has made the ‘City of Good Thoughts’, as it’s called, a magnet for all kinds of internaonal conferences, parcularly those related to scienfic and medical fields. Tartu is also the focal point of Estonia’s acve biotechnology sector as well as hotbed of IT development and start-ups, the cradle of world-class companies like ZeroTurnaround, Fortumo and Playtech.

Tartu is the intellectual capital of Estonia, full of friendly and vibrant people who care about their environment. With a history that stretches back nearly 1,000 years, Tartu is the oldest city in the Balcs and is, naturally, packed with meless charm. Nestled between leafy Toome Hill and the Emajõgi River lies the city’s Old Town, an area of cobblestone streets, neoclassical houses and grand university buildings, all towered over by the magnificent, 14th-century St. John’s Church.

At the heart of Old Link from start page Town is Town Hall Square, home to the majesc, 18th-century Town Hall and the unique Kissing Students fountain that has come to symbolise the city. Just beyond Old Town’s borders, visitors will find the quaint and colourful wooden house neighbourhoods of Karlova and Supilinn, near me capsules of early-20th-century living. Across the river, in old soviet airfield, stands the gargantuan Estonian Naonal Museum, a structure that showcases Estonia’s cultural development. (Source Estonian Convenon Bureau)